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28-02-2011 16:18 http://www.tamucc.edu - The Kinesiology Program (http at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is setting a new standard of excellence with facilities equipped with leading exercise science research technology that enables students to acquire the skills needed to be successful in today's modern-technological based competitive world. Such facilities include the motion laboratory equipped with state of the art Dartfish biomechanical analysis software, Vizual Edge visual analysis and training software, and Digital motion capture. Another laboratory houses the most advanced body scan equipment of its kind in comparison to models at hospitals. The general electric IKE Deska has the capabilities of measuring bone density as well as multiple forms of body composition and allows students to virtually know what exactly the test subject is made of; making it the only one of its kind in any of the Universities in the state of Texas. Another laboratory is capable of testing multiple sport science variables such as aerobic capacity, muscle activation, and body lactate formation. Such remarkable equipment can additionally measure things like ventilation per minute, lung capabilities during inhalation and exhalation, directly the number of calories a person uses per minute at various levels of exercise and what these athletes are using for fuels during exercise. Such information is then used to design training variables that help athletes get proper training zones in order to achieve the highest ...

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If primary care doctors build intensive counseling programs to help their obese patients exercise, lose weight and get healthy, will they work? A new study finds that for half the population, at least, they will. For men and women alike, results will be modest. And for women, they won't last.

The authors of the study, published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, concluded that physicians' efforts to improve their obese patients' health by promoting lifestyle change might do better to embrace "a more realistic expectation": a modest reduction of patients' waist circumference and the prevention of further weight gain.

That discouraging picture comes just three months after Medicare, the nation's healthcare safety net for seniors, announced it would reimburse primary care physicians for providing obese patients "intensive behavioral therapy" to lose weight and improve their health. Increasingly, physicians, who have been told they can be a powerful prod to healthy behavior change in their patients, are devising ways to play that role: they are incorporating nutritional and weight-loss counselors into their practices and honing their own roles as motivational agents for increased exercise and weight loss.

But many studies, including the current one, suggest that expectations for these efforts are impossibly high. For patients who already have entered obese territory, even interventions far more intensive than those that most physicians are equipped to provide will fall short of hopes -- if those hopes focus on bringing a patient's body-mass index (BMI) under 30. Weight loss -- for men and women -- is hard enough, and maintaining weight loss an even tougher challenge.

But does that mean that "lifestyle interventions" cannot improve patients' health? Sometimes that depends on how you define and measure improvements -- and BMI may not always be the best bellwether.

A growing body of research -- including the current study -- is focusing on measures of fatness that may be more amenable to lifestyle changes, and which might reflect meaningful improvements in a patient's health prospects. One of those focuses on fat deposits that girdle the waist and visceral organs, where they can play havoc on metabolic function.

Easily measured with a tape measure, for instance, the circumference of a patient's waist appears to be a better measure of risk for developing type 2 diabetes than is BMI. For men, a waist circumference greater than 40 inches, and for women, greater than 35 inches, has been linked consistently to higher risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and early mortality.

In this study and others, researchers have found that waist circumference tends to respond most to changes in exercise: with more physical activity, fat is less likely to cling to the middle, where it's most dangerous. While that may not translate directly into pounds lost, it may well bring health benefits that will drive down patients' disease risk.

Waist circumference as a measure of health may not be the big kahuna that body-mass index is -- yet. But it's making inroads. A quick search of the nation's clinical trials shows that some 1,631 studies using human subjects make use of BMI as a measure. Waist circumference, a measure of health barely seen in clinical trials a decade ago, is now used in some 571 today.

 

 

 

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A new study shows that kids who play Wii Sports or Dance Dance Revolution are as active as those who play Disney Sing-It Pop Hits or Super Mario Galaxy.

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It seemed like the perfect setup--give kids video games that would motivate them to get off the couch and start moving. Not only would they have fun, they would also get healthier.

However, these high hopes may have been wishful thinking. According to a new study by Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, kids given "active" video games showed no more overall physical exertion than kids who used only their thumbs to play.

"There was no evidence that children receiving the active video games were more active in general, or at anytime, than children receiving the inactive video games," reads the study. "These results provide no reason to believe that simply acquiring an active video game under naturalistic circumstances provides a public health benefit to children."

For the study, researchers gave 78 children, who were above-average weight and between the ages of 9 to 12, a Nintendo Wii console. Half of the kids got "active" video games like Wii Sports and Dance Dance Revolution-Hottest Party 3, and the other half got "inactive" games, such as Disney Sing-It Pop Hits or Super Mario Galaxy. Over the course of the 13-week study, researchers kept logs of their play times and activity levels.

"We expected that playing the video games would in fact lead to a substantial increase in physical activity in the children," Tom Baranowski, lead researcher on the study, told Reuters in an interview. "Frankly, we were shocked by the complete lack of difference."

Researchers tallied the children's average time of moderate or vigorous activity and came up with between 25 to 28 minutes a day for the kids who played active games and between 26 and 29 minutes a day for the kids with inactive games.

Earlier studies, such as one by the University of Massachusetts in Boston that came out last year, showed that interactive games could improve moderate or even vigorous activity while playing.

Baranowski told Reuters he isn't sure why the results came out nearly the same for both groups; one suggestion is that possibly the children in the active group played with minimal effort, another is that they exercised less than they otherwise would throughout the day.

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Computer-tailored intervention (CTI) programs applying the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of behavior change to exercise and stress management programs simultaneously reduced participants’ health risks while improving multiple areas of well-being. Areas of well-being that were particularly impacted included: physical health, emotional health, life evaluation and healthy behaviors, according to a new study presented today at the Population Health and Care Coordination Colloquium in Philadelphia.

Participants in a telephonic coaching program group, with exercise as the primary target behavior and stress management as a secondary target, improved healthy behaviors pertaining to exercise (57.3%) and stress management (74.9%). Those in a web-based program group, with stress management as the primary target behavior and exercise as a secondary target, also reported healthy behavior change pertaining to exercise (46.6%) and stress management (64.7%). Both of these groups were significantly more likely to achieve treatment success than the control group, which did not receive telephonic or online interventions for exercise or stress management.

“We know that well-being measures how we feel and experience our daily lives in addition to being predictive of future healthcare cost,” said Dr. James Pope, vice president and chief science officer, Healthways, Inc. “This study adds to that knowledge by showing that cost-effective programs, conducted via telephone or online, adequately provide the support required to help populations improve health and well-being, resulting in lower healthcare costs across the board.”

Although a variety of behaviors relate to well-being, such as physical health, happiness and quality of life, healthcare costs, exercise and effective stress management were chosen as the two health behaviors having the greatest potential for changing multiple domains of well-being. Exercise has been found to produce over 60 different benefits, including reduction of depression, decreased pain, increased self-esteem, greater energy and increased productivity. In addition, effective stress management has been found to decrease stress and depression, improve sleep, decrease pain and increase productivity.

Exercise and stress management interventions were chosen since these behaviors were anticipated to have effects on multiple aspects of well-being and would be important components of a well-being improvement system, if proven effective. Results from the trial demonstrated that multiple areas of well-being did show improvement. Those areas of well-being not showing significant change, such as an individual’s access to healthcare or work environment, were not expected to show changes.

About the Study

The study was conducted on 3,391 individuals by Pro-Change Behavior Systems and the Center for Health Research, Healthways, Inc. Both treatment groups included CTIs with tailoring based on an individual’s state of change for a given behavior. The secondary behaviors in each intervention received stage matched tailoring, which only tailors on stage of change by giving guidance on the one or two steps that could lead to the next stage. This type of protocol can simultaneously treat multiple behaviors while reducing the treatment demands on participants and providers.

The exercise coaching group received up to three proactive telephone sessions at 0, 3 and 6 months via outreach by a trained health coach. Coaches used the CTIs to guide all sessions with optimal TTM tailoring for exercise and stage-tailoring for stress management, the secondary target. The CTI led the coaches through a series of assessment questions and tailored feedback, based on stage of change and TTM variables, to guide their participants to the next stage of change. Each telephone session lasted about 20 minutes. The stress management online group received a self-directed Web-based intervention with full TTM tailoring for stress management and stage-based tailoring for exercise.

These two treatments were used, in part, because telephonic coaching and online CTIs represent the two most commonly applied modalities of scalable wellness interventions. This study was not designed, however, to compare whether telephonic coaching produces greater impact than online CTIs or whether exercise, as the primary behavior, is more effective than stress management.

About Participants

Participants were recruited via the Internet through a survey sampling company that has a national pool of about 1,500,000 potential participants. To be eligible, participants had to report risk in the areas of both exercise (not engaging in moderate or vigorous exercise to guidelines) and stress (reporting stress that was not being managed effectively) during the screening process.

About Healthways

Healthways (NASDAQ: HWAY - News) is the leading provider of specialized, comprehensive solutions to help millions of people maintain or improve their health and well-being and, as a result, reduce overall costs. Healthways’ solutions are designed to help healthy individuals stay healthy, mitigate or eliminate lifestyle risk factors that can lead to disease and optimize care for those with chronic illness. Our proven, evidence-based programs provide highly specific and personalized interventions for each individual in a population, irrespective of age or health status, and are delivered to consumers by phone, mail, internet and face-to-face interactions, both domestically and internationally. Healthways also provides a national, fully accredited complementary and alternative Health Provider Network and a national Fitness Center Network, offering convenient access to individuals who seek health services outside of, and in conjunction with, the traditional healthcare system. For more information, please visit http://www.healthways.com.

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Behavior Change Programs Focused on Exercise and Stress Management Also Dramatically Improve Overall Well-Being

By Jené Luciani for Shape.com

Mind over matter. We've all heard that, right? Now, new studies are showing that exercise and eating right really is mental. So-called "brain training" is proving effective in helping people make smarter food choices, work out more often and even cut out unhealthy habits like excessive drinking.

We reached out to Lumosity, a company that develops games and programs for brain training, to find out how we can apply the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience to improve cognitive abilities and make healthier lifestyle choices.

Memory Games And Positive Thinking May Help To Control Our Impulses To Eat Unhealthy Foods
Sitting at the computer is not exactly synonymous with exercise. But, according to recent studies, daily "brain training" with online programs such as Lumosity's Memory Matrix, can strengthen willpower and promote healthy lifestyle choices. Researchers in Amsterdam found that problem drinkers who followed challenging cognitive training regimens like memory games drank less alcohol than a control group who did only the easiest level of training. One month after the study was completed, the trained participants still had lower drinking rates.

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This theory could feasibly be applied to our eating and exercise habits as well. Besides brain-training games, you can also practice positive affirmations.

"Write out your goals and talk to yourself in proactive terms," says Srini Pillay, author of The Science Behind the Law of Attraction and Life Unlocked. "Rather than making sure that you do not miss going to the gym or that you do not eat an unhealthy snack, tell yourself when you plan to go to the gym and what you will eat when you are hungry, instead of what you will not eat."

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Studies have shown that people with incredible willpower have different brain activity than those with no control, and that "training" the part of the brain that controls willpower can ramp up brain activity. The prefrontal cortex is the area of the brain responsible for the brain processes involved in planning, impulse control, willpower and abstract thinking. Lumosity reports that brain imaging results of its users have shown increased activity in the prefrontal cortex, which can also contribute to self-control when making healthy diet choices.

Researchers at CalTech performed a study that seems to support this. They found that dieters who were making a conscious effort to eat better in an effort to lose weight, had a different brain response in their prefrontal cortex than non-dieters. The dieters showed increased brain response to health and tastiness, while the non-dieters only responded to tastiness.

If you want to train your brain to choose healthy foods over fattening ones, be specific. "Scientific research shows us that there are two kinds of intentions: 'goal' intentions which are broad ('I need to eat better') and 'implementation' intentions that are more specific ('I need to only eat meals that I cook myself')," Dr. Pillay says. "When you are too general, the brain is less likely to change its behavior, however, when you are more specific, it has to do less work on its own to help you achieve your goal. This is especially true of weight-loss strategies," he adds.

Physical Fitness Is Mental
There is also a link between physical exercise and brain fitness. Studies have found that exercise can lead to neurogenesis -- the creation of new brain cells -- and exercising your brain can lead to increased willpower. So, exercising both your body and your brain together can help you push yourself even harder.

"You don't have to train your brain for dieting and weight loss with thinking alone," Dr. Pillar says. "When you exercise regularly and for a duration of at least six months, this actually changes your brain to respond to food cues less often."

Different physical exercises rely on different cognitive aspects, such as attention, speed of processing and even memory. For instance, if you're taking a new dance class at the gym that requires you to remember all the moves, exercising your attention and memory may make those classes easier to follow and more fun. Gives new meaning to mind and body workout!

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Carla Nutter is living her dream while helping others achieve fitness goals.

Nutter recently opened CrossFit Charlie West at 1 Carney Court in Dunbar where clients beam about the results they are getting as well as the personal attention.

Nutter defines CrossFit as a broad and inclusive exercise program that is geared to fit the individual.

"It was started in California by Greg Glassman and has spread around the world," she said. "It is a program that is broad and inclusive. We do a little bit of everything."

Glassman, a former high school gymnast, and his ex-wife, Lauren Jenai, founded the fitness program. The first CrossFit gym opened in Santa Cruz in 1995.

CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program that includes a wide range of exercises such as weightlifting, pushups, running, squats and more. Routines are centered around a "workout of the day" called a WOD that incorporates various exercises.

Nutter, 35, is a physician's assistant who works in surgery at Thomas Hospital and also serves as the instructor at her fitness facility.

"I started out in a CrossFit gym and fell in love with it," she said. "A lot of trainers start out as members in a gym."

Nutter, who took training to become a certified instructor, first began leading classes in a small rented space in Charleston in November 2010. In December 2011 she leased the Dunbar building with lots of space for programs and growing membership.

Workouts are individualized and varied.

"We do weights, barbells, gymnastics, cardiovascular and a combination," she said. "Every day is something different. You may see a workout repeated once every three months." 

While a workout may sound strenuous, Nutter emphasizes that the exercises can be adapted to fit anyone.  She offers sessions for men, women, teens and children.

Carla Nutter is living her dream while helping others achieve fitness goals.

Nutter recently opened CrossFit Charlie West at 1 Carney Court in Dunbar where clients beam about the results they are getting as well as the personal attention.

Nutter defines CrossFit as a broad and inclusive exercise program that is geared to fit the individual.

"It was started in California by Greg Glassman and has spread around the world," she said. "It is a program that is broad and inclusive. We do a little bit of everything."

Glassman, a former high school gymnast, and his ex-wife, Lauren Jenai, founded the fitness program. The first CrossFit gym opened in Santa Cruz in 1995.

CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program that includes a wide range of exercises such as weightlifting, pushups, running, squats and more. Routines are centered around a "workout of the day" called a WOD that incorporates various exercises.

Nutter, 35, is a physician's assistant who works in surgery at Thomas Hospital and also serves as the instructor at her fitness facility.

"I started out in a CrossFit gym and fell in love with it," she said. "A lot of trainers start out as members in a gym."

Nutter, who took training to become a certified instructor, first began leading classes in a small rented space in Charleston in November 2010. In December 2011 she leased the Dunbar building with lots of space for programs and growing membership.

Workouts are individualized and varied.

"We do weights, barbells, gymnastics, cardiovascular and a combination," she said. "Every day is something different. You may see a workout repeated once every three months." 

While a workout may sound strenuous, Nutter emphasizes that the exercises can be adapted to fit anyone.  She offers sessions for men, women, teens and children.

"I have people from 18 to 70, teens from 12 to 18 and kids from 5 to 11," she said.

A monthly fee of $100 covers all the classes a member wishes to attend. A spouse may be added for $50. If a parent is a member, a child is $25. A free introductory class is offered 11 a.m. each Saturday.

"I just love it," Nutter said. "It's fun to watch people do something they thought they couldn't do. People come from all backgrounds."

As the business continues to grow, she plans to hire additional instructors. She is now doing all the classes herself as she schedules them around her other job.

Those who take her classes rave about them.

Ralone Cool, 31, of Charleston, says the classes have boosted her mental and physical well being.

"I can tell a difference in my regular day," said Cool, a teacher at Ben Franklin Vocational Center. "My body feels better and my mind is more clear. I have more energy and I'm less stressed."

Samantha Femia, 23, of South Charleston, said, "I like it because I can do a quick workout and then go on with the rest of my day. I've lost four pounds in five weeks and two and a half inches over all. I just feel stronger and more toned."

Femia, a registered nurse, believes anyone could benefit from the routines that are tailored to each individual.

Jocob Thomas, 24, of Poca, stops at CrossFit Charlie West five days a week after leaving his job at Bayer CropScience.

"I like the people here," Thomas said. "You get to know everyone. It's like competing against yourself. Everyone wants you to do better."

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Posted: Saturday, February 25, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 8:25 am, Sat Feb 25, 2012.

Every Thursday for the last few weeks, more than 40 kids have run around the gym at Linden Elementary School — stopping only to do jumping jacks, push-ups, sit-ups and other exercises — until they're sweaty and red in the face.

Then they take a break to drink some water.

And then they run some more. And do some more exercises. And lift weights.

And the kids have loved (almost) every minute of their fitness boot camp.

Boot camp leader Beth Gray said she's inspired by how "into it" the kids are: "They're all focused. They're doing exactly what they should be doing."

The boot camp is one of several winter after-school programs the Doylestown elementary school offers for students, and one of the most popular. Linden Elementary School Principal Sue Klimpl said the 40-plus kids who participate account for about 10 percent of the elementary school's population.

Klimpl said about half of the kids in the school participate in Linden's Let's Run program — an after-school running club — and she thinks that program "got the kids really interested in fitness and health."

Gray started the boot camp this year, with support from the Linden Home and School Association. She said she wanted to do something to help kids get in shape and stay in shape during the winter months when there might not be many sports for them to play.

"It's important for them to physically get in shape — to stay healthy and if they need to lose some weight, lose some weight," Gray said. "They need to see that fitness is fun. You put on some great music and you just do it. You have a great time. And you feel good when you're done."

Klimpl agreed, noting that there are numerous news reports of kids suffering from diabetes and respiratory illnesses as a result of their weight or lack of exercise.

"We have seen more significant health issues across the board at younger and younger ages," Klimpl said.

Klimpl said something like the boot camp is great because it gets kids in shape and shows them that they can have fun while working hard. It teaches them a work ethic.

Klimpl said she thought only older children would sign up for the boot camp, and she was amazed to see kids from all grades lifting weights, doing crunches, doing jumping jacks and having fun.

The boot camp continues for a few more weeks, and then many of the kids will run some more in the Let's Run program.

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08-11-2011 16:09 http://www.ChanhassenFitnessRevolution.com The Fitness Revolution in Chanhassen is a weight loss and fitness center like no other. In fact, it's "the anti-gym." The Fitness Revolution is quite different than other local Chanhassen health clubs. It features cost-effective fitness programs led by trained and certified fitness experts. There are no enrollment fees, membership rates or other costs beyond your chosen program. In addition, unlike other Chanhassen personal training programs, The Fitness Revolution provides a money-back guarantee. The flagship program at The Fitness Revolution will be Chanhassen's #1 boot camp program, Look Great at the Lake Boot Camp. Look Great at the Lake Boot Camp is a 30-minute rapid fat loss and fitness boot camp featuring the Workout Muse custom music interval training system and scientifically designed training protocols that have been proven to burn nine times more fat than ordinary exercise. For more information visit http To register for a FREE boot camp trial visit http://www.ChanhassenBootCamp.com

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13-02-2012 16:45 Yay! My first workout video post! This is a Valentine's Day specified workout! Enjoy! Do all 4 moves 10-15X and then repeat the entire set 3X. Put all the moves together for a sexy dance routine! Remember posture, point your toes, lengthen your legs, and most importantly BE CONFIDENT! You are HOT so own it!

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